10 Fashion Facts Chosen by Khloè

10 Fashion Facts Chosen by Khloè

Learning about the world of fashion is a constant surprise: there are so many curiosities about the world of fashion! Many have to do with the origins of accessories or garments that are in common use for us today, or with changes in trends that make us discover... unsuspected costumes.
In this article we have selected the ones that seemed funniest or most interesting to us. By the way: did you know that the word fashion wasn't in use before the seventeenth century? It was introduced by the French, and before then we spoke of "foggia": before then, fashion lovers were called "foggiani". And the fashion shows are also recently introduced: the new trends were usually circulated through paintings, prints or dolls!

After this brief introduction... green light to the 10 curiosities about fashion chosen by Khloè Femme.

The first fashion magazines were aimed at a male readership. The first ever was published in France, in 1678, and was called Le Mercure Galant. Various topics relating to customs were discussed within it. We will have to wait another 16 years to find a women's fashion magazine.

Passion heels. Does it seem strange to you today to see Achille Lauro in stiletto heels? It wouldn't have been a few centuries ago, when heels were worn by men and women alike. And there's a reason: the heel helped men gain greater stability on horseback (nice excuse, huh?), keeping their foot safe in the stall. There's more: in 1670, with King Louis XIV, the heel became a status symbol. The king favored shoes with heels and red soles, so much so that he even issued an edict: red heels were reserved only for members of his court. Even today the red heel is synonymous with exclusivity, so much so that the designer Christian Louboutin registered his creations with red soles, suing Yves Saint Laurent and Charles Jourdan for copying him. When did the use of heels become more masculine? In the middle of the 18th century.

The rhinestones of clothing are a legacy of the world of jewelry: in the 18th century, the Viennese jeweler Joseph Strasser created colored glass beads, the first rhinestones (named after him) in history. They will soon be applied to clothes, shoes and accessories for centuries to come.

Little black dress? Not until the end of the nineteenth century, unless you were part of the servants or had a mourning to respect: it was not in fact a color in common or daily use among the other strata of society.

You know those period films where women faint at the first hint of emotion? No, it wasn't exaggerated, but just forced into corsets... breathtaking. They damaged the spinal column, compressed the lungs, went as far as cracking or breaking the ribs and other various consequences on the internal organs, corsets finally disappeared from women's clothing. The end of all constraints in the field of clothing has a name and it is Madeleine Vionnet, who introduced the bias cut and a certain use of draping, revolutionizing the wearability of garments.

shocking pink - a variant of the very current magenta - was invented by the Italian designer Elsa Schiaparelli in 1937, became popular thanks to Marylin Monroe, and still worn today by top VIPs such as Lady Gaga.

Fashion Week did not exist before 1943. It was born as a consequence of the Second World War, in New York, as an initiative to promote local fashion since it was impossible to import clothes from Europe. Once the war was over, the use spread to other fashion capitals: Paris, London, Milan.

Coco Chanel not only gave us the use of the black cocktail dress, but also of the shoulder bag, in 1926, and the slingback shoe, in 1957, known - for the note – also like Chanel. Coco also introduced the use of fabrics such as jersey and tweed for the production of garments, which were previously considered of little value for high fashion women's clothing.

Jeans like Genoa: Levi and Strauss copied the use of a fabric that was used in Genoa to cover goods in transit at the port in the 15th century. And the name of this cape derives precisely from the name of the city: Genoa, in French Genes, from which Jenes and Jeans.

Speaking of green... In 2019, the fashion brand Gucci launched a line of clothing and accessories made withrecycled and sustainable materials. The line, called "Off the Grid," includes clothing made from recycled fabrics such as polyester and cotton, and accessories such as bags made from recycled materials such as nylon and polyurethane.